Reincarnated as a Poor Little Green Tea, Am I Destined to Be Bullied? - Volume 1 Chapter 48

Chapter 48: The Right to Choose

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Poor little Yueye hurriedly put on her clothes and picked up her socks, taking a quick glance at her outfit before finally feeling relieved.

Do you think when she was pinned down by Xia Mujin earlier, what she worried about most was whether her body would be touched?

No, what concerned her most was, don’t let Xia Mujin ruin my clothes!

Don’t think she’s short-sighted. You might have endless money to spend, buying clothes without a second thought, but if you made little Yueye lose her dress worth several hundred yuan, half her world would collapse.

“Do you feel better now?” Luo Yahan deliberately stayed silent for a few minutes, seemingly giving Lin Yueye time to recover.

But in reality, Lin Yueye’s inner self wasn’t really that of a fragile little girl. Although she had become more sensitive since transmigrating into this body… she wouldn’t break down crying just from being pinned down by a breathtakingly beautiful girl for a while.

— Hmm, it seems little Yueye hadn’t noticed the tears in the corners of her eyes.

“I… I’m fine. Is she… is Mujin alright? That hit just now… it sounded quite hard?”

“She’s fine, just temporarily asleep. There are several vital points on the human body that, when struck, can briefly incapacitate a person. It’s not fatal.”

“Wow… Teacher Luo knows so much.”

“It’s nothing, just some martial arts I learned for self-defense while studying abroad. This is all common knowledge.”

“……”

You call this common knowledge… why do I feel like even after 3 to 5 years of learning, an average person wouldn’t be as proficient as you?

“Rather than her, it’s you…” Luo Yahan’s complex gaze towards Lin Yueye seemed to contain more admiration, “You’re clearly the victim here… In that situation, an ordinary girl might have already broken down, unable to recover for months. Yet you can control your emotions so quickly, and even have the mind to care about the perpetrator’s condition…?”

“Actually… it’s not like that…”

You see, my overly manly spirit has shocked Teacher Luo, hasn’t it?

Ah, there’s no help for it. Little Yueye doesn’t want to be this excellent, but who made her so strong?

But Lin Yueye knew this wouldn’t do. It would only make her seem like a freak.

So, little Yueye had a clever plan.

She intended to pretend to wipe away tears from the corners of her eyes — but unexpectedly, there were real tears there!

“I’m actually… very scared too, but I know Mujin must have her reasons for doing this… She confided a lot to me earlier, I never thought rich people would have so many troubles… I originally wanted to have a heart-to-heart talk with Mujin, but who knew… who knew she would…”

Like a fawn by the willow-lined shore in spring breeze, bullied and helpless, she could only tremble by the lakeside, not minding the waves lapping against her defenseless body, enduring all the hardships.

Even the ice-cold genius girl’s expression subtly changed upon seeing this scene.

She was not good with words, but she felt she should say something.

“Uh… don’t cry. Let me apologize on her behalf first. Consider this… a debt the Xia family owes you, okay?”

“Mm, okay… no, no…! There’s no debt, I’m fine, aren’t I…”

“She nearly stripped your clothes off and you say you’re fine. I’m your teacher after all, I’ll tell you, it’s not a bad thing to have a bit of temper sometimes.”

“O-okay.”

Damn it, as she spoke, little Yueye really started to feel a bit wronged.

What’s going on, I just wanted to come to her house to curry favor, but I almost literally curried favor, in the physical sense.

Luo Yahan handed over a blue handkerchief. At first, she wanted to try wiping away Lin Yueye’s tears, but she seemed unaccustomed to doing such things. After hesitating for a moment, she directly placed the handkerchief in Lin Yueye’s hand.

As little Yueye softly said “Thank you” and wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes…

Luo Yahan’s peripheral vision glanced towards the young lady Xia lying flat on the sofa, covered with a blanket, and murmured a low sigh that sounded somewhat sorrowful.

“But… you’re right… It’s not entirely her fault that she’s turned into such a mess…”

“Eh? Teacher Luo, did you just say something? You said Mujin…”

“Take care of yourself first.”

The voice was as soft as a mosquito’s buzz, but Lin Yueye seemed to have heard something very important.

Just as she was thinking about how to follow up with questions, a look of helplessness appeared on Luo Yahan’s cold face as she took out her phone and scrolled through it, looking for something.

“You know… I should probably praise you for thinking to ask me for help, and I shouldn’t be too harsh on you now that you’ve just had a shock, but couldn’t you have been more precise when sending the message? Do you think this counts as asking for help?”

“Wh-what…?”

Luo Yahan found that message and turned her phone around to show Lin Yueye the screen.

On the screen was the help message she had sent to Teacher Luo.

Lin Yueye took a close look…

And her temper immediately flared up!

【The house behind, help, she’s going to eat someone.】

“I instinctively thought you had encountered cannibals,” Luo Yahan sighed softly as she put away her phone. “But when I came and saw the situation clearly, I realized ‘eating someone’ was this kind of ‘eating’. In an abstract sense, it’s not wrong, but I don’t think that was the time to use abstract meanings. It seems when school starts, I’ll have to ask your Chinese teacher to give you some extra lessons.”

“I… I’m sorry, it was too urgent at the time… my mind was in a mess.”

“It’s nothing, I just wanted to say that with this kind of help message, you could get into big trouble. No matter the situation, you must try your best to stay calm.”

“I understand… I’ll definitely stay calm next time.”

Yue… Yuebing!!!

You’re just like those bad classmates who promise to do homework for me but end up writing a bunch of ‘meow meow meow’ in the notebook and hand it to the teacher!

Suddenly turning her head towards the second floor, Yuebing had already transformed into her catgirl form, invisibly waving both hands at Lin Yueye to claim credit, with a bright smile that seemed to say — See, didn’t I do a great job? Don’t I deserve a bag of salt?

Her vocabulary was limited, and that help message was the best she could do.

Little Yueye had calculated everything, but she hadn’t accounted for Yuebing’s cultural level!

I’ll settle accounts with you when we get home…!

“It’s not good to talk here, I don’t want to wake her up and cause more trouble.”

Luo Yahan walked ahead, talking to herself, half turning her head back, her ice-blue ponytail resting on her shoulder, her eyes like icicles reflecting Lin Yueye’s confused appearance.

“Regarding what happened today, from my personal perspective, there are some things I want to clarify with you. If you want to hear, come to the second floor to talk.”

After saying this, Luo Yahan turned back and stopped as she stepped onto the first stair, adding:

“Of course, you can choose not to listen to me. The door isn’t locked now, you’re completely free to leave on your own, then call the police, tell them what happened today, and seek accountability. After all, what she did… has crossed the line. If I hadn’t come, you probably wouldn’t be able to talk to me so calmly now. I don’t intend to cover for her either. If needed, I can be your witness. Of course, this would only allow you to vent your anger, the Xia family wouldn’t have much trouble settling such a matter. But, Xia Mujin has always been a perfect daughter in her parents’ eyes. If you choose to call the police, it would at least be enough to completely shatter Xia Mujin’s image in her parents’ eyes. In a sense, this could also be considered a form of revenge.”

She slowly continued up the stairs.

She seemed not to care how Lin Yueye would decide.

Or rather…

Luo Yahan didn’t care that much about the reputation of Xia Mujin — her childhood friend.

“Whether to destroy her or not, the right to choose is up to you.”